H.S. notebook: Cy Ridge could be without star Trelon Smith

Published 5:50 pm, Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Cy Ridge will look for another big game from senior Trelon Smith, who rumbled for 356 yards and five TDs last week.

Cy Ridge will look for another big game from senior Trelon Smith, who rumbled for 356 yards and five TDs last week.

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Cy Ridge senior running back Trelon Smith gets a lift from his teammates as the Rams celebrate their dominant 55-28 win over Katy Taylor in Area-round playoff action Friday at Waller ISD Stadium. Smith posted another superlative performance, rushing for 336 yards and five touchdowns in the victory. less

Trelon Smith (22) of the Cy Ridge Rams runs around left end in the second half against the Cy Fair Bobcats in a high school football game on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Pridgeon Stadium.

Trelon Smith (22) of the Cy Ridge Rams runs around left end in the second half against the Cy Fair Bobcats in a high school football game on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Pridgeon Stadium.

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H.S. notebook: Cy Ridge could be without star Trelon Smith

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Cypress Ridge could be without Trelon Smith this week for the Class 6A Division II Region III championship game.

The Arizona State pledge injured his foot in the second quarter of a 49-14 win over Clear Brook in the regional semifinals and didn't return, and coach Gary Thiebaud declined to clarify his status Wednesday.

Quarterback Tyson Williams added 79 yards and three TDs on the ground.

"(O-line) did an awesome job of getting on blocks and picking up blitzes," Thiebaud said. "They got their hats on the defenders and then gave Alex and Mike a crease, and those guys hit the accelerator."

The Rams were fine without Smith last week, but surviving the playoffs is exponentially harder without a player of his caliber.

Ask the Katy Tigers, who fell 20-17 to North Shore in the regional semis.

Without star RB Deondrick Glass (leg), they averaged only 4.3 yards per carry, needing 40 to hit 172 yards, scored a season-low 17 points and couldn't punch it in from the 1 with 1:38 remaining.

"I'm really confident in our football team and the guys that we have playing," Thiebaud said. "They did a great job second half last week, and offensive line really stepped up, and Alex Jacobs and Mike Ajayi did a tremendous job running the football for us, and of course Tyson Williams is the quarterback back there who gets everything going. He's that catalyst. So they all stepped up their game and did well."

Wildcats winning earlyThe Humble boys basketball team took a 5-1 record into Thanksgiving after a successful stint at the Texas Invitational.

They finally fell 62-44 to Carrollton Hebron in the Division II title game.

To reach the final, the Wildcats topped La Porte (49-36) and Dallas Hillcrest (70-33) in pool play, gobbled up Grapevine (43-42) in the Division II quarterfinals and dismissed Dobie (71-53) in the semis.

They also won 85-48 last week at Baytown Sterling after the tournament trip.

The Wildcats return to action this weekend in the Lufkin Hudson tourney and open district Dec. 6 at Baytown Lee.